Do you like Baklava?

Baklava (from Wikipedia): is a rich, sweet pastry featured in many cuisines of the former Ottoman countries. It is a pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped walnuts or pistachios and sweetened with syrup or honey.

I make it every year around Passover time and this morning I made it. Turned out great! Want my recipe? OK…I’ll share!

• 1/2 cups each of walnuts and almonds
• 2 cups honey
• 1 T vanilla
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cloves
• 1/2 lemon squeezed
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 package defrosted phyllo dough

Thaw phyllo pastry and separate sheets according to package directions. Keep pastry not being used covered with clean damp dish towel to keep it from drying out. Place half of pastry sheets in a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan, one by one, brushing each sheet quickly and all over with melted butter. Combine nuts, cloves and cinnamon; sprinkle over buttered pastry. Place remaining sheets on top, brushing each with melted butter. Cut baklava pastry into 2-inch diamonds. Bake at 300? until brown and crisp, about an hour and a half. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine honey, 1/2 cup water, and lemon juice; bring to a boil. Boil baklava syrup for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until syrupy. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Cool and pour over baklava immediately after removing from oven.